Television apparatus



Jan. 16, 1934. s P EI F 1,943,395

TELEVI S I ON APPARATUS Filed Nov. 29, 1929 JZZZ/EZZZA?! UNETED STATES PATENT TELEVISION APPARATUS George S. Pfeiifer, Oak Park, Ill., assignor to Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application November 29, 1929 Serial No. 410,377

4 Claims. (01. 178-6) This invention relates to television systems and from each cell of the sensitive surface 10 to a more particularly to transmission of images over segment of the commutator 5. wire. The present methods as commercially The order in which each cell of the sensitive used utilize a photo-electric cell, a projecting surface is connected to each segment of the 5 lens, a revolving scanning disk, the object of the commutator is not essential. The brush 6 re- 0 latter in the so-called direct scanning and volving with a speed not less than 20 revolutions beam scanning methods, as commercially used, per second makes contact successively with each being to cause a beam of light originating in a segment of commutator 5. suitable light source to travel successively over The image of the object 2, having been projectsuccessive points of the object and to energize ed upon the sensitive surface 10 by the lens 4 65 the photo-electric cell in proportion to the invaries the resistance of each cell in accordance tensity of light reflected from each point of the with the intensity of light reflected by each point object. of the object. Since the photo-electric cell 3 with The object of my invention is to render the use its collecting electrode 9 and sensitive surface 10 15 of a revolving disk and the auxiliary apparatus and the commutator 5, form part of an electric 70 connected therewith unnecessary and to permit circuit, the successive contacts by brush 6 cause a greater speed of transmission by subdividing a variable current to flow in said electric circuit, the usual photo-electric cell into a plurality of the variations of current depending uponvariafractional cells and by connecting each fractions of resistances of the respective individual tional cell to a commutator device forming part sensitive cells, which resistance variations, as had 75 of the respective electric circuit. been indicated, depend upon the degree of light For a better understanding of my invention and shade of the projected image. In addition reference may be had to the accompanying drawto the elements indicated, the respective electric i in which: circuit includes also the wiper 8 forming an elec- Fig. 1 represents schematically my invention trical connection between the brush 6 and the 80 and the method of transmission of images made battery 1'7, as well as amplifying, transmitting, possible by the Same; and receiving apparatus not shown in the figure.

Fig. 2 illustrates diagrammatically the sensi- Any of the receiving methods as commercially tive surface of the photo-electric cell subdivided used at present can be employed in combination into a plurality of fractional cells. with my sending arrangement. 85

Referring now more in detail to Fig. 1, it will The above referred to minimum speed of 20 be observed that the arrow 2 symbolizes the obrevolutions per second, stands in relation with ject whose image is to be transmitted; 3 desig the well known faculty of the retina of the human nates a photo-electric cell; 4 is a projecting lens; eye to retain images one-twentieth of the second 5 iS a commutator device; 6 is a revolving brush after the light rays causing the original excitation 90 travelling over commutator 5 and actuated by of the retina have been eclipsed. motor '7. While I have diagrammatically illustrated one The photo-electric cell 3 is provided with the form my invention may assume, it is to be underusual collecting electrode 9, and sensitive surstood that changes and modifications may sug- 40 face 10, whose external edges 11 and 12 are only gest themselves, therefore, I wish to cover all such 95 visible in Fig. 1. The sensitive surface 10 conchanges and modifications as come within the sists of a plate having a thin coating of a suitable spirit and scope of the appended claims. chemical Compound, Possessing the property of Having described my invention, what I claim varying the current through the cell with the as new and desire to secure by United States Letvariations of the illumination to which it is exter t t is 100 p l. A photo-electric cell including a light sensi- For the P D 0f subdividing the Sensitive tive member divided in sections insulated from surfac 0 into a plurality of 0611s insulated from each other, a commutator having sectors equal in each other, the Chemical coating, which is usually number to the sections of said light sensitive y thin, 0811 be incised lengthwise a d ssmember, each of said sections being electrically Wise by some Sharp instrument so as to o a connected to one of said commutator sectors, a plurality of little squares l5. collecting electrode, and apparatus for succes- The commutator 5 is subdivided i as ma y sively establishing circuits between the sections s m ts 8 as there a cells in the s nsitiv su of said light sensitive member and said collecting face 10, and an individual insulated wire 20 leads el tr d 2. A television device including a photo-electric cell having a sectional light sensitive member, each section of which is insulated from the other sections thereof and electrically connected to one sector of a commutator, and a collecting electrode, and means for successively including said collecting electrode and sections of said light sensitive member in circuit.

3. A device of the character described includ ing a photo-electric cell having a sectional light sensitive plate, each section of which is insulated from the other sections thereof and electrically connected to one sector of a commutator, and a collecting electrode, a lens for focusing an object upon said light sensitive plate, moving means for 

